"There are lives to brighten, there are hearts to touch, and there are souls to save." Thomas S. Monson

Monday, April 11, 2016

Monsoon Season is here!

It has been another great week in Pueblo :) The beginning of the weekstarted out really slow, and to be honest, I felt really out of it.Missionary work is not an easy thing.....but the best part is that wehave the help of the Savior! He is our best ally, if we are willing touse His atonement. Something really cool Sister Greene and I have beendoing is evaluating our week. So if something isn't going right, or wearen't being as successful as we were the week before, we stop and tryto figure out what we can do better. It has been really helpful andhas helped me improve a lot!We had a really cool miracle this week! It will take me a little bitto explain, so bear with me! When I got into the area we had aninvestigator, Eric, but Sis Greene had no idea where he lived. We justhad his cousin's address, and they wouldn't open their door to us. Wewere going to drop him, but the day we decided to do that, we ran intohim on the street. We went back for the appt we had set up, but hewasn't there. We ended up talking to his sister, Tifha. She wasn'tthat interested at first, but we shared the meaning of Easter, etc.She missed her next appt, but we were able to catch her this Monday.She said that she had gone to Mormon.org, and had been really thinkingabout the things that we said. She even was thinking about baptism! Wehad another lesson with her on Friday, but the atmosphere was crazy,so we didn't think that she got much out of it. (Here comes the goodpart!) Sunday morning, she texts us 10 min before church and asks ifwe could find a ride for her. We had no idea who to ask, so wesuggested just to wait a week. She decided to walk in the rain to cometo church!!! It was amazing :) We are super excited for her and feelblessed to be teaching her.We had opportunities to do some service this week. We talked tosomeone outside that was pulling weeds in his yard. We offered to helpout whenever he needed it. We got a text a few days later, from amember. Apparently the guy we talked to was friends with a member! Wewere able to go and help him pull his weeds, and he was reallyappreciative. We also made hats for the homeless shelters. We learnedhow to knit with circle hoops.....haha! It was super fun and relaxingto knit ;) This week we get to help paint a house! Yay :D! Service isthe best!Another miracle to close off the letter. We were able to get a RM tocome with us. He served in our mission, and now lives in our ward. Thelesson that we were going to teach, cancelled, so we went to try thenext people that we had planned. Right across the street was a guyworking on his car. We started talking to him, and he said he wasn'tinterested. We were about to walk away when he told us that he had afriend that served a mission. We stayed and talked for a good 30minutes, and were able to share the BOM with him. He was reallyexcited to read it and to learn more. I guess the reason why I sharethis experience is for two reasons: God always put people in our path.There are no such things as coincidences! We just have to trust in hisplan. And #2: I can't wait to be an awesome member missionary! I havelearned so much, I just want to share it with everyone around me. Itwas cool to see how much a mission had affected the RMs life.Well, I love you all! Enjoy the warmer weather as we try to stay dryhere in Vegas. I'll attach a picture of the crazy rain. Les amomuchisimo :D Hasta la proxima semanaLove,Hermana Erickson

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¡Hola! My name is Hermana Erickson, and I have been called to serve as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I will be laboring in the Nevada Las Vegas mission as a Spanish sister from March of 2015 to September of 2016.